Community Art Center
Adult Classes - Spring 2012
The following classes
are offered: Potter's Wheel, Glassworks, Digital Painting
& Drawing and Intro to 3D Modeling. For a brochure
or to register by phone, please call 410-704-2351. Follow
the link below
to register by mail.
· Registration information
| POTTER'S
WHEEL & Hand Building |
ages
12-adult
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5
Saturdays, 9:45-11:45am
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March
31 - May 12
(no class April 7&14)
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Create unique ceramic artwork with ordinary
clay and a spin of the wheel. Learn to use the
potter’s wheel and imaginative handbuilding
and glazing techniques to produce one-of-a-kind
ceramic objects and vessels. Topics include wedging,
centering and wheel throwing, along with coiling,
slab construction and glaze applications. Working
with clay can be a therapeutic process as you
make something beautiful with your hands. Returning
students will be able to concentrate on either
the wheel or hand built construction. For beginners
and intermediate students. Includes firing fee.
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$145
(supplies included)
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| Intro
to Digital 3D Modeling |
ages
12-adult
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2
Saturdays, 9:30am-noon
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March
31 & April 21
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3D modeling for everyone! Create
anything you can imagine – redecorate your
house, design a game environment, invent a new
gadget, draw a background in perspective for an
illustration, there is no limit to what you can
create with SketchUp. This course will introduce
students to this intuitive and versatile 3D modeling
program. Participants will learn to create custom
digital models that can be applied to an endless
variety of professional or creative projects, from
animation to interior design to video-game creation.
Best of all, the SketchUp software can be downloaded
for free, so you’ll be able to put your new
skills to use right away on your home or office
computer. |
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$100
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| Digital
PAINTING & DRAWING |
ages
12-18
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4
Saturdays, 9:30am-noon
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April
28 - May 19
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Learn to draw and
paint, using the computer as your art tool. This
course is an exciting introduction into art-making
skills of the 21st century. Students will create
unique art in Photoshop using state-of-the-art
technology: widescreen iMacs, digitizing tablets
for drawing with a stylus, scanners, and a Wacom
Cintiq to experiment with touch-screen drawing.
Using their imaginations, along with references
including photographs, personal artwork and “found
objects/images,” students will create new
and original digital compositions. Discover the
possibilities! Participants should bring a USB
Flash drive.
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$175
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GLASSWORKS!
Warm Glass Fundamentals |
ages
14-adult
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4
Saturdays, 9:30am-noon
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April
28 - May 19
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Warm
glass tile created by Kristien Berghs
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Warm glass, cool art! Learn the basics
of the fascinating medium of kiln formed glass.
Explore pattern creation and the magic of fusing
brilliantly colored pieces of glass together into
unique objects. All the essentials will be covered:
glass cutting, color technique, kiln control, and
adhesives. Finished work can be incorporated into
mixed media artwork, stand alone objects or turned
into wearable art. Beginners are welcome as well
as those with stained glass experience. |
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$175
(additional fees for materials)
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Community Art Center
Center for the Arts, Room #3103Y (map)
Phone: 410-704-2351
Fax: 410-704-2810
E-mail: cac@towson.edu
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